Hawthorn, Magnolia and Cherry Blossom Petals
Dear Senesh Community, As our Brooklyn streets slowly grow with soft white and pink petals, so have the hearts and minds of our Second Grade scholars as we enter our last eight weeks of school and celebrate Yom Hah’aztmaut. As our learning community inoculates and our herd immunity strengthens, we look forward to warm, sunny days of inspiration, peace and well-earned success. Please read on below to learn about specific grade-level developments by content area. General Studies – Jacob All school year, the second-graders have been engaged in meaningful learning opportunities. They have strengthened their fiction and persuasive writing skills,... Read More
Kindergarten Blog 4/15/21
Dear Families, This week in Kindergarten, students practiced addition with a new game. Partners were given two cards, one with an animal, one with an equation (ex: Frogs, 2+7= ___). Together, they solved the problem, and came up with a story to fit the animal and the equation (ex: 2 frogs sat on a log. 7 frogs came to join them. All together there were 9 frogs. The end!). We are also reviewing handwriting steps, and have a brand new tool to use: chalk boards! We use different materials (chalk, sponge, water) to make each letter “the Kindergarten way.” Changing... Read More
April in the 8th Grade
Judaic Studies It’s been a powerful 2 weeks of learning with the 8th grade. I was moved and awed by the focus and thoughtfulness students brought to our Yom haShoah unit. In preparation for our speaker, Dr. Anna Ornstein, we learned about the Holocaust in Hungary, and about Auschwitz. This was a difficult topic, but students were resilient and able to share and process together in a way that I really admired. We began our next unit — looking at moral dilemmas through the lens of Rabbinic literature. We are focusing on a real life question: what should be done... Read More
Conversations@Senesh and the Parent Diversity Committee Present: Culinary Historian and Writer Michael Twitty on Black and Jewish Food Traditions
Culinary Historian and Writer Michael Twitty on Black and Jewish Food Traditions Please join us on May 3, 2021 at 8:00pm for a virtual conversation with two-time James Beard Award-winning culinary historian and food writer Michael Twitty moderated by WNYC and NPR Journalist Matt Katz. Mr. Twitty will discuss what food tells us about our lives and our histories, reflecting on the culinary intersections of Black and Jewish food traditions and on his own Black, Jewish, and gay identities. As a special treat, Mr. Twitty will explore a Senesh family recipe and share some of the historical context for it. To submit a family recipe,... Read More